# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products (Text with EEA relevance), Article 28: Coordination tasks of the provider of the data repository

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The provider operating the data repository shall communicate to the ID issuer and economic operators, the list of specifications required for the data exchange with the data repository and the router. All specifications shall be based on non-proprietary open standards.
The list referred to in the first subparagraph shall be communicated no later than two months following the date when the provider operating the data repository was selected.
2. On the basis of the information listed in Annex II, the provider operating the data repository shall establish a common data dictionary. The common data dictionary shall refer to labels of data fields in the human readable format. ....
3. Whenever necessary to ensure the effective operation of the data repository in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation, the provider operating the data repository shall update the list referred to in paragraph 1 ....

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/574/article/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-574/article-28
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